10 min read · Oct 27, 2021 -- I have a simple question for every ‘expert’ who thinks they understand the root causes of the shipping crisis: Why is there only one crane for every 50–100 trucks at ever
Back in September, voters in Norway — probably the most socialistic of the Nordic states — went to the polls, booted the incumbent right-wing coalition, and installed Labor Party leader Jonas Gahr Stø
(Image credit: Zwift / ZwiftPower) Zwift has truly taken the world by storm. Millions of users have logged more than one billion kilometres on the virtual cycling and running platform, riding and raci
B efore I tell you what happened at exactly 2:28 p.m. on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, at the White House—and how it elicited a very specific reaction, some 2,400 miles away, in Menlo Park, California—y
John Carter has only an hour to decide. The most important auto race of the season is looming; it will be broadcast live on national television and could bring major prize money. If his team wins, it
"The American carbon tax leaves behind dozens of supportive think-tank employees, thousands of politically engaged and idealistic Americans, and 3,589 dejected economists." Only @yayitsrob could have pulled this off https://t.co/SBIvs0rpxG
A fter years of starting the day with a tall morning coffee, followed by several glasses of green tea at intervals, and the occasional cappuccino after lunch, I quit caffeine, cold turkey. It was not
For years, the proponents of wind and solar energy have promised us a green future with electricity too cheap to meter, new energy infrastructure with little environmental impact on the land, and deep
Space Solar Power: An Extraterrestrial Energy Resource for the U.S. It is time to reconsider SSP as a valuable tool in the nation’s decarbonization strategy Energy EXECUTIVE SUMMARY It’s been 20 years
Oct. 16, 2021 12:00 am ET In December, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and its partners plan to launch the James Webb Space Telescope. A technological marvel 100 times as powerful as
In 2014, the executives at a brand-new start-up called Andela made a decision whose consequences they would only understand much later. Andela’s model was to recruit and train promising African engine
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In British Columbia, there’s a little valley where the Squamish River snakes down past the cl
The Opinions Essay Opinion Our constitutional crisis is already here By Editor at large September 23, 2021 at 3:32 p.m. EDT “Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situatio
Updated Oct. 3, 2021 12:40 pm ET PARIS—François Doulcier has been tending to the cobblestones of northern France for most of his adult life, all for the one day a year when a peloton rips across them
For half a century, we've been told that we had to embrace degrowth in order to save our planet. We haven't listened. Around the world, human populations and economies have continued to grow at rates
T he stock market has had quite a year. Plenty of cash is sloshing around, the pandemic recession notwithstanding, thanks to loose monetary policy, rampant inequality, crypto-speculation, and helicopt
Hip Hip Hooray! The opening of the first transatlantic cable was celebrated with a wide range of souvenirs, including watch fobs, earrings, pendants, charms, letter openers, candlesticks, walking-stic
Next month, the James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to take a slow boat from Los Angeles, spend a few days traversing the Panama Canal, and arrive at a spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The tele
Former President Donald Trump speaks on Wednesday in Pharr, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images On Wednesday, two dozen House Republicans flocked to Texas to show their support for Donald Trump . They jo
Yutico Briley was sentenced to 60 years without parole at age 19. Credit... Ruddy Roye for The New York Times The Great Read I Write About the Law. But Could I Really Help Free a Prisoner? For years a
This article was published online on June 14, 2021. O n the morning of May 25, 2019 , a food-safety inspector at a Cargill meatpacking plant in Dodge City, Kansas, came across a disturbing sight. In a
I. A Group Called DRASTIC Gilles Demaneuf is a data scientist with the Bank of New Zealand in Auckland. He was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome ten years ago, and believes it gives him a professiona
Updated at 10:07 a.m. ET on May 4, 2021. S everal days ago , the mega-popular podcast host Joe Rogan advised his young listeners to skip the COVID-19 vaccine. “I think you should get vaccinated if you
In 2004, Heather Hoff was working at a clothing store and living with her husband in San Luis Obispo, a small, laid-back city in the Central Coast region of California. A few years earlier, she had ea
Of all the mysteries and injustices of the McDonald’s ice cream machine, the one that Jeremy O’Sullivan insists you understand first is its secret passcode. Press the cone icon on the screen of the Ta
I turned 30 last week and a friend asked me if I'd figured out any life advice in the past decade worth passing on. I'm somewhat hesitant to publish this because I think these lists usually seem holl
A ‘pro tip’ for evaluating the quality of a piece of gear is to look at the small details, such as zippers and stitching. Cheap-minded manufacturers will skimp on those details because most people jus
(Cross-posted from my blog ) The other day I made an advice thread based on Jacobian’s from last year! If you know a source for one of these, shout and I’ll edit it in. Possessions 1. If you want to f
(Muhammed Abiodun / Unsplash) Slack’s life as an underdog darling of Silicon Valley ended on November 2, 2016. That’s when the upstart communication startup published an open letter to Microsoft in th
In the hours and days after American news networks declared him the victor on November 7, President-elect Joe Biden received congratulatory tweets and statements from American allies around the world.
The office has become a state of mind. It’s not a place you commute to—not for many people, not anymore—unless you count shuffling down the hallway as a commute. The morning chitchat around the coffee
American history is driven by periodic moments of moral convulsion. The late Harvard political scientist Samuel P. Huntington noticed that these convulsions seem to hit the United States every 60 year
The Times obtained Donald Trump’s tax information extending over more than two decades, revealing struggling properties, vast write-offs, an audit battle and hundreds of millions in debt coming due. S
Donald Trump, in a White House meeting, asked that a military parade exclude wounded veterans, because "nobody wants to see" amputees. My story here:
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Credit... Doug Mills/The New York Times Feature Unwanted Truths: Inside Trump’s Battles With U.S. Intelligence Agencies Last year, intelligence officials gathered to write a classified report on Russi
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